Lucky

 This is another piece in my "Pretty Girls" series.  I am entranced with these colours together-the blues and greens all layered together with some vintage text...swoon.. It is mixed media finished with encaustic.  Don't you just love the smell of beeswax?  It is such a comfort smell to me-I could paint with it all day.

 

 

Bliss

 I just finished my latest painting "Bliss". She has already found a home, but I still wanted to share. I especially love the shiny glass beads on her dress and the layers of wax that reveal her. Thanks for looking!

 

Little Boys

 Hey Jen - can you try to do pictures with little boys in them too?  But I love pretty girls!  They're sparkly and blingy! So therein lay my challenge.  And lo and behold...little boys are fun too! The top one is the boy before I decided what his background would be.  And then layers of paint and old paper came together, along with a quote.Add in some beeswax and tadah!  Boy Painting!

 

Clown

 Ahhhhhh!!!!! And the angels sing.  I have been battling with this painting almost since I started the drawing on it.  I needed to step out and try one that wasn't just a pretty girl. Once I did the actual first painting on it, I nearly tossed it. Until a friend said, are you nuts?  Try something else with it! There's no point in just getting rid of it. So I pushed it and added more layers and glitter (which was almost a tragic mistake).  And then I was pretty happy with it.  So, this morning I thought...it needs wax.  I played with my new batik pen and then melted a layer of lovely lovely beeswax over the top. Gave it a polish...and that's when I heard the singing.  I LOVE IT!!!! It's hard to see the details in the scan, but trust me.  It has such a lovely presence! You can see it on my Etsy site here.

 

Mini Canvas

I've become completely obsessed with alternate arts and journalling this past week. The evolution and experimentation has been a really fast process and I can't wait to slow down and see where it all takes me.
If you're interested in the technique - keep reading. I created this cute little 2x3 mini-"canvas" to play with a new technique using melted beeswax. After gessoing the canvas I added some rub-ons and sprayed it with Tattered Angels glimmer mist. I then layered the piece with gesso and Tim Holtz Tattered Rose crackle paint. I accented it with charcoal and then brushed on beeswax - melting and scraping it off as I went. A final polish gave it some lustre.